What does it mean to be a top 10 University? All Staff Open Meeting Friday 28 November 2014 Professor Mark E. Smith, Vice-Chancellor Professor Andrew Atherton, Deputy Vice-Chancellor

Our 2020 Strategy Our goals… Become a global University – Top 100 Strengthen our national position – Top 10 Our priorities… Research, teaching and engagement Supporting focus… People Strategy Partnerships Sustainability Great place to work and study

Reaching our goals Our People Strategy Aims – to attract, develop and retain the best people Supports ongoing implementation of the University Strategy HR Division engaging with Academic Departments, Faculty Offices and Professional Service Divisions to identify, advise and support each area’s staffing priorities for 2014-15 Focus on wellbeing, development, promotion New professional development course content Staff Survey – Have your say. Deadline 12 December

Success stories 50th Anniversary – 71 events; 14,500 attendees; 2,600 volunteer hours; 4,000 attended Community Activities Day (400 staff involved in delivery); 9 public lectures held, 5 more in 2015; 2,000 attended the Staff and Family Day Best University Halls – National Student Housing Survey, 5th year running Research Income – Up 14.5% Sports Facilities – 6th best sports facilities in the UK according to Times Higher student survey

Success stories Campus investment £450M over past 10 years

Campus investment £135M investment planned for next three years Example image Library Complete 2016 Teaching Labs (BLS/LEC) Complete 2015 Engineering Complete Dec 2014 Chemistry Complete 2015 Physics To start 2015

Campus investment The Spine Remodelling Health Innovation Campus Royal Institute of British Architects Competition (RIBA) - Rick Mather Architects Appointed Work due to start in 2015 Health Innovation Campus Solutions to social and economic challenges posed by ageing Located next to Uni campus

Reaching our goals How do we get even better? 2014/15 Priorities Achieve a top 10 ranking Increase research grants by at least 10% Regain top 10 in the National Student Survey Undergraduate applications rise to 15,000 per annum

How are we doing? UK INTERNATIONAL 10th - Guardian Good University Guide 11th - Complete University Guide 12th - The Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 16th - THE Student Experience Survey INTERNATIONAL 131st - THE World University Rankings 160th - QS World University Rankings

Moving on up – League tables Renewed league table focus Maintain our top 10 position Why is league table position so important? League tables measure what we should be focusing on anyway - integral to our strategy Increasingly competitive 20 universities in top 10? Large number of institutions are capable and have the desire to get there Should we be more target driven? Should we do more with league table metrics?

Moving on up – League tables The metrics Overall competitor set ranking: 1 St Andrews 873 pts 2 Imperial 855 3 LSE 848 4 Durham 847 5 Exeter 820 6 Warwick 811 7 UCL 801 8 Bath 795 9 Surrey 781 10 Lancaster 771 11 Loughborough 761 12 UEA 757 13 Birmingham 751 14 York 742 *Table excludes Oxford and Cambridge. Lists universities from 3rd to 16th place. Therefore 1st place means 3rd in overall rankings.

Moving on up – League tables Indicator rankings Using the top 14 universities as a comparison (excluding Oxford and Cambridge, as before). Student satisfaction – Lancaster is ranked 8th out of 14 Research quality – 7th Entry standards – 9th Graduate prospects – 12th Good honours – 13th Completion rate – 9th Student to staff ratio – 8th Services and facilities spend – 14th

Moving on up – League tables Making the move Next steps? How will we approach this? Further research and planning Deputy Vice-Chancellor Andrew Atherton to chair ‘League Table Working Group’ Contribution required from everyone at Lancaster University

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